Quilting-frame



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J. ARBOGAST.

QUILTING FRAME.

No. 378.914 Patented Mar. 6, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Fri-ca,

JAMES ARBOGAST, OF CATAWBA, OHIO.

QUlLTlNG-FRAM E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,914, dated March 6, 1888.

Application filed November 2, 1887. Serial No. 254,044.

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, JAMES ARBOGAST, a citizen of the United States, residing at Catawba, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Quilting-Frames, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in quilting-frames, to which the cloth or fabric used in making quilts is secured and by which it is put under proper tension and held in a convenient position for the operation of stitching or quilting.

The machine consists of the peculiarities hereinafter pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and on which like reference-letters indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 represents a plan view of my improved quilting-frame, with some of the parts in section at one end, to more clearly show certain points of the-construction; Fig. 2, a transverse sectional view on the line as w of Fig. 1, showing one pair of legs, one end of the frame, and one cam-lever in elevation; Fig. 3, a detail perspective view of a portion of one end and one side bar of the frame; and Fig. 4, a detail sectional view and elevation of a portion of one leg, the cross-bar, the longitudinal brace, and locking-bolt.

The letter A designates the legs or supports of the frame, consisting of four upright beams secured together at their upper ends by a stout transverse piece, B, and connected at the proper point by a transverse brace, O; and a longitudinal brace, D, composed of a strip or board having a slot cut into one edge thereof, as seen in Fig. 4., and adapted to fit over the transverse braces O. A locking-bolt, E, is pivoted to the edge of the brace D, into which the slot is cut, and is shouldered at F, so as to embrace the under edge of the transverse brace C.

It will be understood that the longitudinal brace D is slotted, as described, at either end, and that at either end it is provided with one of the pivoted turn-buttons E. By these means the respective pairs of legs A may be disconnected from the longitudinal brace D and be placed close together, so as to occupy a small space in shipping and when not in use, the

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frame proper being first detached from them. in the manner hereinafter to appear. This frame consists of two transverse end pieces or boards, G, pivoted at H to the transverse pieces B, whereby the frame may be adjusted to different heights to accommodate the height of the person engaged in doing the quilting. The frame is held in the desired adjusted position by means of a pin, I, fitted in an opening in the transverse piece B, and adapted to project into one or the other of the holes J in the piece G. The pin is held in place by a spring, K, secured to the transverse pieceB. The spring bends outwardly when the pin is drawn from one of the holes J ,when it is desired to adjust the frame to a different angle. There are two of these locking pins and springs one set at either end. The end. pieces, G, of the frame are also each provided with an open slot, the portion L of which is of less width than the portion M.

The letter N refers to the longitudinal side bars of the quilting-frame, the ends of which are constructed with a rectangular portion, 0, agreeing in size with the portions L of the slots and adapted to slide in and out of the said portions. By preference, the extreme ends of the side bars, N, are provided with the heads P, which prevent them from liability to slip out of the slot, and are also preferably provided with a portion, Q, whose corners are rounded off for the convenient coaction of the cam-levers R, pivoted to the pieces G. The quilt is secured in any desired manner to one of the barssay the bar at the upper side of Fig. 1 and right-hand side of Fig. 2and is wound thereon a suitable number of times, according to its width and the quilting-frame. Its free edge is then carried over to the other bar Nand also secured. The bar at the righthand side of Fig. 2 is placed in the portion L of the slot, and the other bar is placed in the portion M of the slot, and rotated by grasping it in the hand until the quilt is drawn taut and until the other sides of the portion 0 are coincident with the corresponding sides of the portion L of the slots. When this occurs, the lever being thrown back, the tension of the quilt draws the bar into said portion L of the slots. These portions prevent the bar from turning back, and thus keep the quilt under tension. *When it is desired to remove the bar which has been thus revolved, the operator reaches under and takes hold of the levers R and draws them toward her. The cam-surfaces S of the levers then engage the surface Q of the adjusting-bar N, forcing it out into the portions M of the slots. This done, the quilt slackens. The bar N at the right-hand side of Fig. 2 is then slipped into the portion M of the slots and a portion of the quilt unwound therefrom. Then this bar is returned to the portions L of its slots and the other bar N rotated as before.

I have spoken of detaching the logs from the other parts of the apparatus and placing them close together. The pivots H are composed, preferably, of screws, as seen in Fig. 1, and hence are easily withdrawn from the crosspiece B.

Another advantage of pivoting the quiltingfranie proper is that of being able to place it in a vertical position, so as to occupy less space laterally, whereby it may be placed near a wall and occupy less of the room, or whereby the machine may be taken from one room to another and easily passed through a door.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a quilting-frame, the combination, with two sets of supporting-legs, of a cross-piece secured to each set and having an open slot in either end thereof, a cam-lever pivoted to each of said pieces, and two bars to which the quilt is to be attached, each having a tenon at either end reduced to fit said slots.

2. Ina quilting-frame, the combination,with a cross-piece thereof, having an open slot therein, the entrance of which is wider than the inner end thereof, of a cam-lever pivoted to said piece, and a quilt-bar having a square tenon near the end thereof adapted to revolve in the wider portion of the slot and to slide in the narrower portion and arranged to be forced out of the slot by the cam-lever.

3. In a quilting frame,the combination,with two sets of supporting legs having crossbraces, of a longitudinal brace notched to fit the cross-braces, and locking turn-buttons pivoted to the longitudinal brace and adapted to engage the under edges of the cross-braces.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES A RBOGAS'F.

Vitnesses:

WILBER CoLvIN, A. A. YEATMAN. 

